British Business Bank Plc: Agreement for the Start-Up Loans Company’s Post Loan Support Partner services

UK-Sheffield: Education and training services.

Section I: Contracting Authority

   I.1) Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s):
       British Business Bank Plc
       Steel City House, West Street, Sheffield, S1 2GQ, United Kingdom
       Tel. +44 2039051462, Email: procurement@british-business-bank.co.uk
       Contact: Pete Binkiewicz
       Main Address: http://british-business-bank.co.uk/, Address of the buyer profile: http://british-business-bank.co.uk/
       NUTS Code: UK

   I.2) Joint procurement:
      The contract involves joint procurement: No          
      In the case of joint procurement involving different countries, state applicable national procurement law: Not Provided
      The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body: No

   I.4)Type of the contracting authority:
      Body governed by public law

   I.5) Main activity:
      Economic and financial affairs

Section II: Object Of The Contract

   II.1) Scope of the procurement

      II.1.1) Title: Agreement for the Start-Up Loans Company’s Post Loan Support Partner services            
      Reference number: Not Provided

      II.1.2) Main CPV code:
         80000000 - Education and training services.


      II.1.3) Type of contract: SERVICES

      II.1.4) Short description: The Start-Up Loans Company has conducted a procurement to establish an agreement for a Post Loan Support Partner for the Start Up Loans scheme. The Post Loan Support Partner will be responsible for providing mentoring and related services to Borrowers of personal loans, issued under the Scheme, who are preparing to start-up or are an early-stage business. The Post Loan Support Partner will offer the services to all Borrowers across the whole of the UK.

      II.1.6) Information about lots
         This contract is divided into lots: No
            
      II.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
          Value: 5,300,000
                  
         Currency:GBP            

   II.2) Description

      II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s):
            80000000 - Education and training services.
            66000000 - Financial and insurance services.
            66100000 - Banking and investment services.
            66110000 - Banking services.


      II.2.3) Place of performance
      Nuts code:
      UK - UNITED KINGDOM
   
      Main site or place of performance:
      UNITED KINGDOM
             

      II.2.4) Description of the procurement: The Start-Up Loans Company conducted this procurement to establish an agreement for a Post Loan Support Partner for the Start Up Loans scheme. The Post Loan Support Partner will be responsible for providing mentoring and related services to Borrowers of personal loans, issued under the Scheme, who are preparing to start-up or are an early-stage business. The Post Loan Support Partner will offer the services to all Borrowers across the whole of the UK.

      II.2.5) Award criteria:
      Quality criterion - Name: Quality / Weighting: 65%
      Quality criterion - Name: Social Value / Weighting: 10%
                  
      Cost criterion - Name: Evaluated Contract Value / Weighting: 25%
            

      II.2.11) Information about options
         Options: No
         

      II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
         The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
         

      II.2.14) Additional information: Not Provided


Section IV: Procedure

IV.1) Description

   IV.1.1)Type of procedure: Open


   IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
      The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement: No       
      

   IV.1.6) Information about electronic auction
      An electronic auction has been used: No

   IV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
      The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes

IV.2) Administrative information

   IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
       Notice number in the OJEU: 2022/S 000-031028
      
   

   IV.2.9) Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
      The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice: No

Section V: Award of contract

Award Of Contract (No.1)

   Contract No: Not Provided    
   Lot Number: Not Provided    
   Title: Agreement for the Start-Up Loans Company’s Post Loan Support Partner services

   A contract/lot is awarded: Yes


   V.2) Award of contract

      V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract: 25/04/2023

      V.2.2) Information about tenders
         Number of tenders received: 4
         Number of tenders received from SMEs: 2 (SME - as defined in Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC)          
         Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 0          
         Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0          
         Number of tenders received by electronic means: 4

      V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

      The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
         
         Contractor (No.1)
             Newable Trade (London) Ltd, 02233989
             140 Aldersgate Street, London, EC1A 4HY, United Kingdom
             NUTS Code: UK
            The contractor is an SME: No

      V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
         Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: 5,000,000          
         Total value of the contract/lot: 5,300,000
         Currency: GBP

      V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
         The contract is likely to be subcontracted: Yes
                  Value or proportion likely to be subcontracted to third parties:
                  
                  Proportion: 50%                   
         Short description of the part of the contract to be subcontracted:
          Online platform and related services          
Section VI: Complementary information

   VI.3) Additional information: To view this notice, please click here:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=783412868

   VI.4) Procedures for review

      VI.4.1) Review body
          High Court
          Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand, London, WC2A 2LL, United Kingdom
          Tel. +44 2079476000

      VI.4.3) Review procedure
         Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: Any appeals must be brought within the timescales specified by the applicable law, including, without limitation, the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended). In accordance with those Regulations, the Authority incorporated a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period from the date information on award of contracts was communicated to tenderers.

      VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
          High Court
          Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand, London, WC2A 2LL, United Kingdom
          Tel. +44 2079476000

   VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice: 30/05/2023